“The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have redefined human life. The biggest change is simply that people live longer and have far more freedom to think about things other than staying alive.” PeopleThinkingHumansSocialCausesFreedomHalfAliveEffectsCenturyProsperityHuman LifeStayingBreakthroughTwentieth CenturyStaying AliveLive Free Book:How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas Source: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
“The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.” PeopleImportantFreedomOpinionEffectsSakeDeeperOppression Author:Hosea Ballou
“In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.” PoliticalValuesFaithFreedomDemocracyEffectsTasteTestsMedicineDissent Author:J. William Fulbright
“Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances, but on the belief that it will, on balance, release more forces for the good than for the bad ... Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.” DoeBeliefForceFreedomResultsKnownEffectsParticularBalanceCircumstancesReleaseGrantedBeneficial Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.” WritingActionFreedomRightsEffectsCitizensSpeechThreatIsolationThriveFreedom Of SpeechDisrespectCumulative Book:It is what I think, 1947-1948 Source: It is what I think, 1947-1948
“Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They're not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth.” KnowsWorldWantInspirationalSufferingGoalFreedomEffectsAcceptanceAttachment Author:Byron Katie
“God created the law of free will, and God created the law of cause and effect. And he himself will not violate the law. We need to be thinking less in terms of what God did and more in terms of whether or not we are following those laws.” ThinkingNeedsLawCausesTermFreedomEffectsFollowingFree WillCause And EffectThinking Less Author:Marianne Williamson
“It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.” FactsFreedomSimpleResultsEffectsBlessingEnlightenmentPrejudiceConstantToleranceStatementsBoredomRepetitionLiberating Author:Quentin Crisp